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diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index 160675f..8804d52 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -47,6 +47,25 @@ New Features Configuration: ------------- + - HDF5 memory allocation sanity checking is now off by default for + Autotools debug builds + + HDF5 can be configured to perform sanity checking on internal memory + allocations by adding heap canaries to these allocations. However, + enabling this option can cause issues with external filter plugins + when working with (reallocating/freeing/allocating and passing back) + buffers. + + Previously, this option was off by default for all CMake build types, + but only off by default for non-debug Autotools builds. Since debug + is the default build mode for HDF5 when built from source with + Autotools, this can result in surprising segfaults that don't occur + when an application is built against a release version of HDF5. + Therefore, this option is now off by default for all build types + across both CMake and Autotools. + + (JTH - 2022/03/01) + - CPack will now generate RPM/DEB packages. Enabled the RPM and DEB CPack generators on linux. In addition to |